Spotlight

  • NewsBen Bussey

    Gary Oldman Doesn't Think Spotlight Deserved The Best Picture Oscar

    Recent Oscar winner ‘Spotlight’ has proved to be one of the more divisive Best Picture award recipients of recent years - and one high profile Hollywood figure who wasn’t necessarily the biggest fan is Gary Oldman. Oldman brought the film up as he expressed particular pride in his 2011 film ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,’ which he felt was overlooked at the Oscars that year. “There’s a sort of pedigree that [’Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’] had, I’d like to think, worthy of such an honor.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Vatican Newspaper Praises Oscar-Winner Spotlight, Deems It Not 'Anti-Catholic'

    The Vatican’s newspaper has spoken out in praise of ‘Spotlight’, following its Best Picture win at the Oscars on Sunday night. The movie deals with the Pultizer Prize-winning investigation by the 'Spotlight’ team at the Boston Globe in 2001, which uncovered widespread sexual abuse by catholic priests in the city and all over the world. Editor Lucetta Scaraffia wrote that the film, made by director Tom McCarthy, 'has the courage to denounce cases which must be condemned without any hesitation.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Mark Ruffalo Protested Outside Catholic Church Hours Before Oscar Win

    While most stars might have been getting their tuxes pressed in the lead up to the Oscars, Mark Ruffalo was proving that for him, his role in ‘Spotlight’ wasn’t just another job. The protest was organised by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), and was one of 20 similar protests around the US. Victim of abuse Barbra Blaine told the LA Times: “We wanted to use this moment with all of the attention on the movie Spotlight because that movie tells our stories and gets it right.

  • NewsBen Bussey

    The Big Short and Spotlight Win At Writers Guild Awards

    Another of the key pre-Oscars awards ceremonies has taken place, bestowing honours upon two films hotly tipped for the upcoming Academy Awards.

  • NewsBen Bussey

    SAG Awards 2016: Big Wins For Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson & Spotlight

    The 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards took place yesterday in Hollywood, and saw honours awarded to many of the performers and pictures hotly tipped to clean up at the Oscars. Davis said, “diversity is not a trending topic.

  • NewsBen Skipper

    Five Of The Best Movies About Journalism

    For every heroic investigative journalist in ‘Spotlight’ there are four Richard Thornburgs - you know, that awful TV reporter who nearly got Holly killed in 'Die Hard’. - The Worst Movie Posters of 2015 - 15 Actors Who Gained Weight For Roles ‘All The President’s Men’ Naturally one of the best known journalism movies tells the story of one of the 20th century’s greatest journalistic endeavours. 'All The President’s Men’ follows legendary Washington Post journos Woodward and Bernstein as they i

  • NewsMarcus Goh

    Review: 'Spotlight' combines good storytelling with strong characters

    “Spotlight” is a journalistic drama film that’s based on the real life Spotlight team’s investigation into child sex abuse cases in Boston. It follows the Spotlight team as they uncover the magnitude of the cases and grapple with their horrific discovery. It stars Mark Ruffalo (Michael Rezendes), Michael Keaton (Walter “Robby” Robinson), Rachel McAdams (Sacha Pfeiffer), Liev Schreiber (Marty Baron), John Slattery (Ben Bradlee Jr), Brian d'Arcy James (Matt Carol), and Stanley Tucci (Mitchell Ga